By Max Hunder ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – As the doctor prepared to administer an injection, the loud thud of an artillery shell in the distance broke the silence in the operating room. The staff at this emergency medical treatment point for soldiers near the Zaporizhzhia frontline in Ukraine’s south, aren’t fazed by the danger….
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government wants Go Airlines (India) Ltd flights to resume as soon as possible, the civil aviation minister said on Thursday, a week after the troubled low-cost carrier was granted bankruptcy protection. Recently rebranded as Go First, India’s sixth largest airline filed for bankruptcy protection earlier in May blaming its…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Ghanaian authorities aim to agree a memorandum of understanding with official creditors before the first IMF programme review, which they expect to bring to the Fund’s board in November and would trigger a payout of $600 million, the IMF said on Thursday. The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved a $3 billion,…
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sidestepped a challenge to federal protections for internet and social media companies that free them of liability for content posted by users in a case involving a lawsuit against Google LLC involving the practices of video-sharing platform YouTube. The justices, in a brief and…
(Reuters) – Russia’s finance ministry on Thursday outlined proposals to tax people working remotely from abroad for Russian companies at the standard income tax rate even if they lose their tax residency, as Moscow looks for ways to maximise revenues. Hundreds of thousands of Russians have fled since Moscow invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022,…
By David Lawder and Rodrigo Campos WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Suriname on Thursday cleared a hurdle on its way to restructure more than $600 million debt with private creditors as it secured an initial agreement to revive its program with the International Monetary Fund. The IMF said it reached a staff-level agreement with Suriname on the…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s BDI industry association urged the government on Thursday to reduce the electricity tax to the European minimum level to help companies in Europe’s largest economy remain competitive. “The BDI expects the government to swiftly agree a concept to ensure prices at internationally competitive costs in the long run,” it said in…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy set up a reintegration council on Thursday to advise on the restoration of Ukrainian rule over Crimea, saying liberation of the peninsula, seized by Russia in 2014, will “happen for certain”. He was speaking at a gathering in Kyiv to mark the anniversary of the mass Soviet-era deportation…
By Sakura Murakami HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has agreed with U.S. President Joe Biden to continue sanctions against Russia and support of Ukraine, Kishida told reporters as the two leaders met in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Thursday. Leaders of Japan and the United States met ahead of a…
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military and Russia’s Wagner private army both reported fresh Russian retreats on the outskirts of Bakhmut, as Kyiv pressed on with its biggest advance for six months ahead of a planned major counteroffensive. FIGHTING * Ukraine’s military said its troops had advanced in places by more than a mile. Some of its…
